Bio

Educational Background

Professional and Research Interests

Race conflict and cooperation in North American librarianship

Segregated libraries

Segregated professional associations

Race and multiculturalism

Critical studies

I joined the faculty at UB in 1990 moving from Ames, Iowa where I was a tenured librarian at Iowa State University. My ten years of
professional experience as a librarian in universities in Ohio and Iowa shape my research agenda.

My research interests are race cooperation and conflict in North American libraries, education and credentialing of the librarian, and how people learn to use libraries and find information. I also work in the area of service learning. Curiosity, and the willingness to travel, explore, and seek adventure are characteristics that I value; these values shape my teaching.

Last external grant: OCLC/ALISE Research Award. “Operationalizing Barriers in Dissemination of African Research and Scholarship.” $10,000. December 2001.

Publications

My research interests are broadly library history, but particularly as seen through the lenses of race, gender, and social class. Race cooperation and conflict in North American libraries, segregated professional associations, education and credentialing of the librarian, and how people learn to use libraries and find information.

2007

Presentations

Kim, H., Ruiz, M., & Peterson, L. (2007, October). Usability and effectiveness evaluation of a course-advising chat bot. Poster to be presented at the annual meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, Milwaukee, WI.